Pigs in North Carolina

As a Buffalo booster, I tire when I hear people talk about moving to the Carolina's. As if the Carolina's are the be all and end all of life. But alas, people say it, and think it. So here now, in 2007 is my prediction about North Carolina, home of the Country's second largest population of pigs, 9.5 million (as of Dec 1st, 2006). They will have to come up with something to do with the poop.

You see, according to the US Census, the human population in North Carolina is currently 8,683,242. For those good at math, you'll note that unless a million people settled in North Carolina in 2006, then there are more pigs in NC than people.

So what?, you wonder. The thing is, pigs create 4 times as much waste (poop) as humans. And they don't use the toilet. Or wastewater treatment plants like we humans do. It's just dumped. Now North Carolina has a lot of room, but eventually, it could run out. And while there are some ideas as to what can be done with the pig waste, like make oil, money, or not, eventually the bill will have to be paid.

And maybe then, the people who fled Buffalo for the greener pastures of the Carolina's will realize that they can be as happy as a pig in shit -- right here.